ikiwiki vs. Wikidot vs. XoWiki

General Features ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
Version
2.67
0.113
Last Release Date
2008-10-17 (17 years ago)
2009-02-17 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2008-10-28 (17 years ago)
2009-12-09 (16 years ago)
2009-03-13 (17 years ago)
Author
Joey Hess and the ikiwiki community
Michal Frackowiak
Prof. Gustaf Neumann
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
AGPLv3
BSD
Programming Language
Perl
XOTcl and Tcl
Data Storage
Files, RCS
Database
Database
License Cost/ Fee
0
Free / Paid Accounts (starts from $5 per month)
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
Anyone
companies, private users, social groups and communities, software developers, tech geeks
large and small organizations as well as individuals
Hosting Features ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
Storage Quota
N/A
1500MB for free users, more for Pro accounts
N/A
Bandwidth Quota
N/A
no limit
N/A
Other Limits
N/A
max uploaded file size limit
N/A
Topic Restrictions
N/A
by Terms Of Service
N/A
Corporate Branding
N/A
Yes
N/A
Own Domain
N/A
Yes
N/A
Ads allowed
N/A
Yes
N/A
System Requirements ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
Operating System
Any
Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Root Access
No
No
Yes
Webserver
Any, or none
AOLServer
Other Requirements
Datastorage ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
Text Files
Yes
Unknown
No
MySQL
No
Unknown
No
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Yes
Oracle
No
Unknown
Yes
SQLite
No
Unknown
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Unknown
No
RCS
Yes
Unknown
No
Other
Security/Anti-Spam ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Built-in, HTTP auth, OpenID; extensible via plugins
PAM, LDAP, Active Directory (LDAP)
Host Blocking
Yes
Yes
Patch
Mail Encryption
Yes
No
Unknown
nofollow
No
Yes
Unknown
Blacklist
Yes
Yes
Unknown
CAPTCHA
No
Yes
Unknown
Delayed Indexing
No
Yes
Unknown
Development/Support ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
Yes
No
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
Unknown
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
Between all
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
No
Yes
Special Features ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Interface Languages
1
English
2
English, Polish
3
German, English, Spanish
Email notification
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Discussion Pages
Threaded
Threaded
Categories
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Namespaces
Yes
Yes
Yes
Conflict Handling
Conflict Resolution
Page Locking
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
Yes
Yes
Yes
Structured Data
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Links ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
CamelCase
Plugin
No
No
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
InterWiki
Plugin
Yes
No
SisterWiki
Plugin
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
Yes
No
Unknown
Page Redirects
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Syntax Features ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
None
Some
Math formulas
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Tables
simple + complex
simple + complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
Unknown
Markdown Support
Yes
No
No
Textile Support
Plugin
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
Optional
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Footnotes
No
Yes
Unknown
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
Yes
No
Plugin
Scripting
safe subset of HTML::Template supported via template plugin
CSS styles, embeddable JavaScript, reporting language
Yes
Content Includes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Feed Aggregation
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Usability ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
Section Editing
No
Yes
Optional
Page Templates
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
No
No
Optional
Toolbar
No
Yes
Yes
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
Yes
Access Keys
No
Yes
Yes
Auto Signature
No
Yes
Unknown
Statistics ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Orphaned Pages
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Yes
Recent Visitors
No
No
Yes
Analysis
No
Yes
Yes
Output ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
Printer Friendly
Print CSS
Print View
Mobile Friendly
Yes
Optional
Unknown
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Unknown
RSS Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ATOM Feeds
Plugin
No
Unknown
Abbreviations
No
No
Yes
Auto-TOC
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Raw Export
Yes
Yes
Unknown
HTML Export
Yes
No
Unknown
XML export
No
No
Unknown
PDF Export
No
No
Unknown
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
File Attachments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Revisions
Yes
No
Yes
Embedded Flash
Optional
Yes
Yes
Embedded Video
Optional
Yes
Yes
Image Editing
No
No
Unknown
SVG Editing
No
No
Unknown
MindMap Editing
No
No
Unknown
Media Search
Filenames only
No
Contents
Extras ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
Calendar
Plugin
Optional
Unknown
Image Galleries
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
Blogs
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Ticket System
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples ikiwiki Wikidot XoWiki
Internal Link
[[internal]]
[[[page-name]]] or
[[[page-name|anchor]]]
External Link
[link text](http://example.org)
http://www.wikimatrix.org or 
[http://www.wikimatrix.org WikiMatrix]
Headlines
Two syntaxes:

# heading 1
## heading 2
### heading 3

heading 1
=========

heading 2
---------
+++ headline level 3
Bold Format
**bold**
__bold__
**bold text**
Italics Format
*emphasized*
_emphasized_
//italic text//
Underline Format
via HTML: <u>underlined</u>
__underlined text__
Monospace Format
`inline monospace`

indented block of
monospaced text

tab-indented
block
{{monospaced text}}
Strikethrough Format
via HTML: <del>deleted</del>
--strikethrough text--
Superscript Format
via HTML: x<sup>2</sup>
^^superscript^^
Subscript Format
via HTML: a<sub>1</sub>
,,subscript,,
Images
![alt text](internal/image)
![alt text](http://example.org/external/image)
[[image src="..."]]
Aligning Text
= Centered line
Text Indentation
> First level of indentation
>> Second level of indentation.
Bulleted Lists
* item 1
* item 2
* item 2.1
* item 2.2
* element 1
* element 2
Numbered Lists
1. item 1
2. item 2
1. item 1.1
42. the value doesn't matter
1. any value works
# element 1
# element 1
Definition Lists
via HTML:
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
</dl>
: item : description
Horizontal Rule
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Any number > 3
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spaces don't matter
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